Major Crimes 2.5 Homebase

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Well hello there! You've reached the

MAJOR CRIMES 2.5 HOMEBASE POST!



Welcome, welcome, make yourselves comfortable. If you're not sure why you're here because you don't watch the show, go get started immediately. If you're not sure you should, go look at this primer and then get started immediately. Because the second half of season two is where we're at right now! Eight probably crazy episodes, the last of which we're talking about tonight!

(PSA: I can't actually watch the episodes until Tuesday morning (GMT) but I'll definitely be around after. And for pre-episode flailing now.)

Oh, and stealing from Tash, if you click the on this post, you'll get emails whenever there's a new comment on this post!

SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY.

We have moved to this post for season three, in case you hadn't noticed yet. Come join us over there! :)

Comments

Re: 2x12 Pick Your Poison

[rosabelle]

I loved basically everything about it (with the teensy exception of that bit at the end where they're teasing the "is Rusty gay?" thing), but in particular:

* Rusty's "I love you"
* Sharon's "as his mother"
* All of Sharon's ridiculously subtle facial expressions
* Provenza's literal D: face when Sharon's upset with him for mentioning option three
* "Can I arrest him, ma'am? He should be arrested."
* Provenza calling her "Sharon"
* The way Sykes and Sanchez take one look at each other and run at the mention of option three
* The look on Tao's face when no one will let him finish describing the sex positions (I vaguely remember a similar scene with him and Brenda yeeeeears ago?)
* Dr. Morales
* THERAPY. ALL THE THERAPY, PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Re: 2x12 Pick Your Poison

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I couldn't agree more about that last bit. It just seemed so overdone.

All of Sharon's ridiculously subtle facial expressions
Those are my favourite every week!

And Sanchez's line was my favourite line this week and probably one of my favourite lines of this whole season. (Tied with the 'And because I know that you hate to hear me go on about the rules, I'm hanging up' from a few episodes ago.)

I haven't seen much of The Closer, so I can't say anything about Tao's first scene like that, but this week, his face was fantastic, yes. He looks so disappointed, and I think someone on tumblr wrote something along the lines of 'Let me talk about sex today; Provenza and Flynn do it all the time!' and that was just so hilarious to me.

Someone else who's excited for therapy, yay!

Re: 2x12 Pick Your Poison

[rosabelle]

I love her subtlety. I get SO MAD whenever people criticize Sharon for being wooden and emotionless. Like, legit angry and they are clearly watching an entirely different show than I am, because she emotes beautifully, and never mind that she's either cried or been on the verge of tears more times than I can remember.

Aha, found it. It's from the beginning of 4.04 "Live Wire" with Brenda asking him Detectives Gabriel and Daniels are still dating, and the facial expressions and general body movements are more than I can ever describe adequately.

Tao: When you go beyond the purely carnal and the lust wears off--
Brenda: Okay, okay, that's enough! I don't wanna hear another word about that.

I am really, really happy about the therapy. Because he really, really needs more than Sharon can provide him in this particular instance, and I think it would do him a world of good with the right therapist.

Re: 2x12 Pick Your Poison

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Oh my god, where were you during the summer episodes? I said the exact same things then, especially about the therapy, but everyone on tumblr was just judging Sharon and Rusty for everything, and it made me really mad.

Ah yeah, I haven't seen that ep. But I can definitely see that scene happening in my head.

I don't know if you've seen BSG, but Mary McDonnell/emotions could easily be an OTP, on both shows. She's been so emotional ever since the show started, and anyone who says differently can answer to us.

Re: 2x12 Pick Your Poison

[rosabelle]

Ha, I was quietly watching the show on my own and then after my heart exploded at the end of "Poster Boy" I peeked into the discussion spaces and walked right out again because excuse you, why are you telling me that Sharon and Rusty don't care about each other? >:( I've stuck to FFN and AO3 since then.

Something about Sharon Raydor brings out all my protective instincts despite the fact that the woman is nearly three times my age and dangerous to boot. IDEK.

I am at the end of BSG S2! And yes, Mary McDonnell/emotions. She is amazing. (My brother loves BSG but hates Laura Roslin with a burning passion because she is "too emotional about dying from cancer." We can't talk about it.)

Re: 2x12 Pick Your Poison

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Yeah, I understand completely. But from now on, you can come back to this post every week! ;) Yeah, fic sites tend do make me less mad, too.

Welcome to the club. I feel that way about several fictional characters, including Laura Roslin. It's great to read you're watching BSG and loving Laura. I'm gonna try and keep the icons I use non-spoilery. ;) (Dear god, I've got a couple of things to say to your brother, starting with 'excuse YOU I heard you were talking shit about Laura Roslin'. I guess I ought to be glad my relatives don't watch any of my shows.)

If you ever feel like making reaction or discussion posts about BSG in your journal, I will be there faster than Speedy Gonzales.